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darlingnikki

catching a ride with the bleeding noses

Neighborhood
East Passyunk
Where I'm From
Philadelphia
Occupation
Writer

About Me

Both the liver and turn of phrase of an Irish seaman who has read too much Joyce.

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A Cheapskate's Guide to Philadelphia

By darlingnikki
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Updated 09/14/2009
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(6)

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Shopping; Eat & Drink

Philly is a great place for starving artists and poor students. Unlike New York, it is still possible to get dirt cheap rent, buy ridiculously inexpensive groceries and keep oneself entertained on a seriously restricted budget...you just need to know where to go.

When Zombies Attack: South Philadelphia

By darlingnikki
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Updated 09/14/2009
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(8)

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Humor; Entertainment

Where to get your anti-zombie ammo and enough booze and food to get you through the attack.

A Survivor Kit for Murderdelphia

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/31/2009
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(9)

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Pop Culture; Adventure & Sports

How to keep your wits about you and yourself prepared in Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Homicide.

Girling Out: A Complete Guide to planning the Perfect Girlie Day in Philadelphia

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/20/2009
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(6)

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Shopping; Eat & Drink

We all need a day every once in a while during which we and our homies indulge in a spoil-fest. Massage, mani-pedis, shoe ogling, thrifting, happy-hour---maybe all of the above. This is a guide to help Philadelphia-area ladies plan their perfect days.

DIY Guide to Rockstardom: Philadelphia Edition

By darlingnikki
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Updated 10/01/2008
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(7)

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Literature & Arts; DIY & Crafts

So you wanna be a rock star? Who wouldn’t? The booze? The partying? The groupies? The sweaty tour bus filled with band mates you have eaten and slept with for the last month solid? (Mmmmm…nothing is quite as pleasantly aromatic as drummer stink!) Here’s a step-by-step guide to jumpstarting your AWESOME career in rock music...First Philly, then the WORLD!

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/30/2008
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Humor

Social connectivity is so important in this age of networking. Your public persona has to be honed to perfection in order to stand out from the masses in order to get a job, a date or an invite to a party. Or you could rebel against conformity, become a loner and maybe buy yourself a black trench coat and sniper rifle. There are many ways to become a social pariah: here are a few.

Hipsters and Hoodlums: A Philly Neighborhood Guide to East Passyunk

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/29/2008
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(6)

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Entertainment; Humor

The still-yet-up-and-coming East Passyunk (pronounced pass-eeee-yunk or pash-yunk) district of Philadelphia (which does not lend itself to a clever acronym) is home to many different types of Philly-ites. From the enclaves of Vietnamese and Mexicans to the old school Italian Americans to the tattooed hipsters, bar rats and artists, it is an extremely colorful neighborhood saturated in culture and intercultural animosity.

The Habits and Habitats of Douchebags: The Philadelphia Edition

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/29/2008
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Humor

As it has been noted by my fellow Guidespot writers (shoutout to Chelsea) douchebaggery is a modern American psychological epidemic. Hell, it is probably pandemic, but I know a lot more about stateside d-bags than their brothers in China, Sub-Saharan Africa and Down Under. Douchebag: My Working Definition Noun. A Douchebag is a person who takes himself seriously as to utterly annihilate any trace of personality, authenticity or sense of humor (although women can be douchebags too…but th...

Love Drugs: The Drug Cocktail of Attraction, Sex and Love

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/29/2008
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Dating & Relationships; Humor

Contrary to popular opinion, love is not a drug, it’s a whole trunk full of drugs. Imagine Raoul Duke’s crazy drug collection in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers..." You may think this is a bit much, but this is your brain on love, resulting in obsessive thoughts, sleepless nigh...

A Sex-Kitten's Guide to Philadelphia (meow)

By darlingnikki
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Updated 08/29/2008
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(10)

Category:

Dating & Relationships

Have a hankering for the wild side but don't know where to start? Philadelphia is a hot bed of activity for the devious, the deviant and the just-a-little-curious. From educational sex-book-stores to annual fetish balls, weekly dance parties and classes on pole-dancing, both exhibitionists and voyeurs have no shortage of non-sleazy venues in which to indulge fantasy--as long as you can tolerate a few young black-clad individuals who actually believe they're the vampire Lestat, hella black l...